IMHO XMPP / Jabber is the best Instant Messenger (IM) protocol (feddit.dk)

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It is battle tested, standardized, widely used, have open source servers and apps, end-to-end encryption (OMEMO), self-hostable and are low on ressources and federated / decentralized.

I use it with family and friends. Conversations and blabber.im on android and Gajim on Linux. There's also apps for windows and Apple.

Curious if anyone here use it and why, why not?

EDIT: Doh. In these Lemmy times I forgot federated. Added.

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[-] hook@toot.si 1 points 1 year ago

@mattj, I guess you’re right.

I’m probably paralysed a bit due to my main XMPP server being (someone else’s) small instance that’s not very maintained (can’t blame them) and every time I log in I’m literally greeted with hundreds (thousands?) of spam invites and messages.

I should probably migrate to a more active server. Happy to pay/donate for it too.

(I moved my family to #Matrix, but would prefer #Jabber, esp. if self-hosting was easy enough for my weak-ass admin skills.)

@privsecfoss

[-] mattj@floss.social 0 points 1 year ago

@hook
https://snikket.org/hosting/ is a paid (well, currently free while in beta 🤫) service that I work on.

There are other hosting options too: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/XMPP_Hosting_Providers
@privsecfoss

[-] hook@toot.si 1 points 1 year ago

@mattj, thanks. Will look into it.

...still hoping for an XMPP renaissance.

@privsecfoss

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